All 3 Uses of
mitigate
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- He has seconds left now to say something, not that it would mitigate the indefensible but because he thinks he owes it to her.†
Chpt 5
- My parents divorced in 1939 when I was ten. ... Letting me go with her was out of the question. ... My father tried to mitigate the loss for me by occupying me with a private tutor and riding lessons and art lessons. But nothing replaces a mother.†
Chpt 6 *
- The discomfort that would normally overtake her in a situation like this is mirrored in—and mitigated by—Eric's own considerable unease.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(mitigate) make less harmful or unpleasant